THE RUDOLF REPORT

5. AUSCHWITZlar, which would already have damaged the structure of the concretedue to their incorporation following completion of the structure, representnot only points of likely fracture, but points of inevitable fracture.This is made more obvious by Figs. 49-53 (p. 126). Although the explosionpressure in the oven room, on an even level with the ground,could turn aside in all directions, and the roof remains relatively intactto the attic, three of the five oven room ventilation holes, cleanly castand reinforced in the concrete roof, were completely destroyed. In thecase of two of the other holes, clearly visible cracks formed at the corners,visible in the photos reproduced by Pressac. 255In the morgues of crematoria II and III, the explosion pressurecould only turn upwards, causing their roofs to be much more seriouslydamaged than the roof of the oven room. The alleged Zyklon B introductionholes in the roof of morgue 1(‘gas chamber’) of crematoriumII however are conspicuous for having remained relatively intact; inthe case of the hole in Fig. 46 all the cracks and fissures run aroundthis hole! On the spot, one furthermore recognizes the arbitrary arrangementof this hole in a location at which the roof of the morgue isundamaged. This alone proves with building engineering certainty thatthis hole was broken through after the destruction of the roof!The chisel marks on the edge of the hole in Fig. 44 are so similarto those in Fig. 46 that it must be assumed that both holes have thesame history. 263There were therefore no holes in the ceilings of these roomsthrough which the poison gas preparation could be introduced bymeans of wire mesh pillars” or otherwise, as described by eyewitnesses.Prof. van Pelt remarked accurately in this regard: 264“Today, these four small holes that connected the wire-mesh columnsand the chimneys [on the roof of morgue 1, crematorium II] cannotbe observed in the ruined remains of the concrete slab. Yet does thismean they were never there?”An interesting question, which the professor of architectural historyanswers as follows:263 Carlo Mattogno, op. cit. (note 262), has shown that the size of this hole actually increasedover the years, probably because the Auschwitz Museum wants to give it a more regular, rectangularshape.264 Pelt Report, op. cit. (note 66), p. 295.127